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Justice Hugo Black's 1962 Supreme Court Opinion

....a union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion.

Some have tried to discredit Justice Black's opinion by noting that he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan in his younger days.¬† However, his is a story of redemption.¬† It has been said of Justice BlackóWhen he was young, he wore white robes and scared black folks; when he was older, he wore black robes and scared white folks.